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Granted Patent B2
US 12677900 · App. 19/178,305 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Safety helmet

Inventors: Prudhvi Krishna Yarlagadda (Charlotte, NC); Ramesh Kannan Mariyappan (Charlotte, NC); Travis William Mikalauskas (Charlotte, NC); Nancy Casillas Owens (Charlotte, NC)
Assignee: Honeywell Safety Products USA, Inc.
A42B3/185
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Patent No.
US 12677900
App. No.
19/178,305
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A safety helmet is disclosed. The safety helmet comprises an outer shell, an inner block coupled to or monolithic with the outer shell, an eyewear, at least one lever. Further, the at least one lever is configured to move from a first position to a second position. Further, the inner block protrusion acts as a stopper for the at least one lever. Further, the eyewear is configured to move from a stowed-in position to a stowed-out position. Further, when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is in the first position, the at least one lever locks the eyewear in the stowed-in position. Further, when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is moved from the first position to the second position, the eyewear is allowed to move to the stowed-out position.

Claims (26)

1 . A safety helmet comprising:

an outer shell;

an inner block coupled to or monolithic with the outer shell, wherein the inner block comprises an inner block protrusion;

an eyewear pivotally mounted to the inner block and positioned between the outer shell and the inner block; and,

at least one lever pivotally mounted to the inner block and positioned proximate to the eyewear, wherein the at least one lever is configured to move from a first position to a second position, wherein the inner block protrusion acts as a stopper for the at least one lever, wherein the eyewear is configured to move from a stowed-in position to a stowed-out position, wherein when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is in the first position, the at least one lever locks the eyewear in the stowed-in position, and wherein when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is moved from the first position to the second position, the eyewear is allowed to move to the stowed-out position.

2 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein the eyewear defines an eyewear rotational axis on which the eyewear rotates from the stowed-in position to the stowed-out position or from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position.

3 . The safety helmet of claim 2 , wherein the inner block is fabricated with a groove, wherein the groove is configured to restrict further movement of the eyewear on the eyewear rotational axis when deployed in the stowed-out position.

4 . The safety helmet of claim 2 , further comprising a protrusion configured to prevent a rotational movement of the eyewear on the eyewear rotational axis above a predefined threshold angle, when the eyewear moves from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position.

5 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lever defines a lever rotational axis on which the at least one lever rotates from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position.

6 . The safety helmet of claim 5 , wherein the inner block protrusion is configured to prevent a rotational movement of the at least one lever on the lever rotational axis above a threshold angle, when the at least one lever is pushed from the first position to the second position.

7 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , further comprising a first spring coupled to the eyewear, wherein the first spring is configured to push the eyewear from the stowed-in position to the stowed-out position once the at least one lever is rotated from the first position to the second position.

8 . The safety helmet of claim 7 , further comprising a second spring coupled to the at least one lever, wherein the second spring is configured to retract the at least one lever from the second position to the first position once the eyewear is deployed in the stowed-out position.

9 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lever defines a lever rotational axis on which the at least one lever rotates from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position.

10 . The safety helmet of claim 2 , wherein the eyewear defines an eyewear rotational axis on which the eyewear rotates from the stowed-in position to the stowed-out position or from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position, wherein the lever rotational axis is orthogonal to the eyewear rotational axis.

11 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein each end of the eyewear is fabricated with a slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive an extended region of an adaptor to detachably couple each end of the eyewear with the adaptor.

12 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor is configured to detachably mount the eyewear with the inner block.

13 . The safety helmet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lever further comprises a push protrusion and a stopper protrusion, wherein the push protrusion is configured to be pushed to rotate the at least one lever from the first position to the second position and the stopper protrusion is configured to lock with the inner block protrusion to lock the movement of the at least one lever.

14 . A method comprising:

moving at least one lever from a first position to a second position, where an inner block protrusion acts as a stopper for the at least one lever, wherein an eyewear is configured to move from a stowed-in position to a stowed-out position, wherein when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is in the first position, the at least one lever locks the eyewear in the stowed-in position, wherein, when the eyewear is in the stowed-in position and the at least one lever is moved from the first position to the second position, the eyewear is allowed to move to the stowed-out position; or,

pushing the eyewear from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position to move the at least one lever from the second position to the first position to lock the eyewear in the stowed-in position,

wherein the at least one lever defines a lever rotational axis on which the at least one lever rotates from the first position to the second position or from the second position to the first position.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the eyewear defines an eyewear rotational axis on which the eyewear rotates from the stowed-in position to the stowed-out position or from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the inner block protrusion is fabricated with a groove, wherein the groove is configured to restrict further movement of the eyewear on the eyewear rotational axis when deployed in the stowed-out position.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising, preventing, via a stopper protrusion, a rotational movement of the eyewear on the eyewear rotational axis above a threshold angle, when the eyewear moves from the stowed-out position to the stowed-in position.

18 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising preventing, via the inner block protrusion, a rotational movement of the at least one lever on the lever rotational axis above a threshold angle, when the at least one lever is pushed from the first position to the second position.

19 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising, pushing, via a first spring coupled to the eyewear, the eyewear from the stowed-in position to the stowed-out position once the at least one lever is rotated from the first position to the second position.